Where Has Time Gone?

How often have you heard yourself or someone make this statement?
Or, you may be saying “There aren’t enough hours in a day” or “I don’t have time”.
“I don’t have time to attend the school concert”. “I don’t have time to meet you after work”. “I ran out of time to call you back”. “There wasn’t [...]

The advertising debate!

I was contacted by someone this week who felt that BNI needs to advertise in order to attract members.  “No successful business has ever been built without advertising” he assured me.  At BNI we recognise that advertising is an effective and proven way to market ones business – however we also believe that ‘Word of [...]

Twitter – a new tool for your toolbox

Twitter is the ultimate ‘word of mouth’. You host an event, I tweet it to my followers and my follower retweet it to their followers. I write a new blog post, you tweet it to your followers, and they retweet to theirs. More people go to my blog. I am not a Techie but I [...]

Do You Have A Sales Process?

Every business says they have a sales process, however many of these businesses do not have a process so much as an evolved way of doing things.  When asked what is working well and what is not the answers are vague at best.  It is very hard to measure something that isn’t managed.
A major study [...]

Upbeat attitude the key to more business and better jobs during downturn

Prime Minister John Key was on to something when he said there’s too much focus on doom and gloom and people looking to attract jobs or new business would be wise to heed the Prime Minister’s advice.
Along with most people actively involved with BNI over a number of years, it doesn’t take lone to learn [...]